TY  - JOUR
AU  - Angrist,Joshua D.
AU  - Chen,Stacey H.
TI  - Long-term consequences of vietnam-era conscription: schooling, experience, and earnings
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 13411
PY  - 2007
Y2  - September 2007
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w13411
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w13411.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Joshua Angrist
Department of Economics
MIT, E52-353
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA  02142-1347
Tel: 617/253-8909
Fax: 617/253-1330
E-Mail: angrist@mit.edu

Stacey Chen
E-Mail: Stacey.H.Chen@rhul.ac.uk
AB  - This paper uses the 2000 Census 1-in-6 sample to look at the long-term impact of Vietnam-era military service.  Instrumental Variables estimates using draft-lottery instruments show post-service earnings losses close to zero in 2000, in contrast with earlier results showing substantial earnings losses for white veterans in the 1970s and 1980s. The estimates also point to a marked increase in schooling that appears to be attributable to the Vietnam-era GI Bill.  The net wage effects observed in the 2000 data can be explained by a flattening of the experience profile in middle age and a modest return to the increased schooling generated by the GI Bill.  Evidence on disability effects is mixed but seems inconsistent with a long-term effect of Vietnam-era military service on health.
ER  -